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NewsPressure on to outsource NHS back offices
NHS organisations will come under pressure over the next year to outsource their back offices and make savings in the region of 20-30 per cent, yesterday’s Treasury report on efficiency suggests.
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Anger over GP quality decision
The Department of Health has angered senior figures in primary care by appointing external consultants McKinsey to advise a panel of experts on how to measure GP quality.
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New unit to squeeze efficiencies from public sector
A new Whitehall unit should be set up to squeeze efficiencies out of the public sector property portfolio, Lord Carter’s review has recommended.
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NewsTreasury clarifies new efficiency target
The Treasury has published its operating efficiency programme report, which says the following savings can be made “a year” compared with 2007-08:
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Monitor asks FT governors for feedback
Monitor is urging foundation trust governors to respond to a consultation on guidance aimed to help them fulfil their statutory duties.
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NewsNHS managers' relationships with staff to be scrutinised
NHS staff will be asked detailed questions about their relationships with managers for a review commissioned by the Department of Health.
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NewsPublic sector ordered to save £9bn a year
The Treasury will today outline a public sector efficiency target that will rise to £9bn a year by 2013-14, HSJ has been told.
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DH to boost third sector links
The Department of Health has launched a £5.5m programme to strengthen its links with the third sector.
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NewsTrust sacks chief executive
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust has dismissed suspended chief executive John Watkinson following an independent review into its management and governance.
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Government slashes '£15bn' from public spending
Chancellor Alistair Darling is preparing to set out an extra £15bn in public spending cuts between 2010-11 and 2012-13, The Times newspaper reported today.
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Hospital trust opens GP centre
A hospital trust in Warwickshire has become the first to take over the running of a GP-led health centre.
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NewsRoyal Free chief resigns
Royal Free Hospital trust chief executive Andrew Way has resigned from his post to run a group of hospitals in Australia.
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Mental Health Foundation launches self management research programme
An £816,000 research programme into self management for people with a severe mental illness is being launched by the Mental Health Foundation.
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NHS Careers boosts applications to the health service
Nearly half of people who contact the NHS careers service take action to join the health service.
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NewsHospital death rates to be published on NHS Choices website
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has instructed the website NHS Choices to publish each hospital trust’s overall death rate.
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NHS Employers appoints head of employment services
NHS Employers has appointed Karen Charman as its head of employment services.
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DH seeks views on new mental health strategy
A series of “listening events” is being held to gather views on the Department of Health’s new mental health strategy.
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NHS hospitals still failing to protect patient mealtimes
Almost a fifth of hospitals in England and Wales are not halting work at mealtimes to help patients eat, five years after the launch of NHS Estates’ protected mealtimes initiative.
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NewsAcute overspending raises questions over PCT plans
Primary care trusts have overspent against acute contracts by hundreds of millions of pounds, raising questions over the success of efforts to deliver care more cheaply in the community.
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NewsGP quality bonuses do not reflect patient satisfaction
Despite uniformly high scores in the quality and outcomes framework bonus scheme, GPs in some areas are receiving 63 per cent more complaints from patients than others.